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"La icónica foto de la foto de Shining encontrada después de 45 años"

Autor : Alexis Actualizar : Apr 27,2025

Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of The Shining is renowned for its haunting final shot, featuring a photograph from the 1921 Fourth of July ball at the Overlook Hotel with Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) prominently displayed, despite the fact that Torrance was not yet born in 1921. This image, which had Nicholson superimposed over it, was believed to have faded into obscurity until recently. Ahora, 45 años después del lanzamiento de la película, se ha descubierto la fotografía original de 1921.

Académico jubilado Alasdair Spark de la Universidad de Winchester compartió el viaje de descubrir esta imagen en el Instagram de Getty. Reveló que la foto fue una de las tres tomadas por la agencia de prensa tópica en una pelota del Día de San Valentín el 14 de febrero de 1921, en las salas Empress en el Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington. Spark identificó al hombre en la foto como Santos Casani, un bailarín de salón de baile de Londres, utilizando software de reconocimiento facial. La publicación también presentó un nuevo escaneo del negativo de vidrio original y otros documentos escritos a mano.

Spark, junto con el empleado del New York Times, Arick Toller y los dedicados Redditors, se embarcaron en una búsqueda desafiante para encontrar la imagen. "Estaba empezando a parecer imposible, cada referencia cruzada con Casani no pudo igualar. Otros lugares probables que se sugirieron no coincidieron", señaló Spark. El equipo temía que la foto se perdiera para siempre, pero su persistencia valió la pena.

Spark se enteró del fotógrafo en el set Murray Close, quien capturó la imagen de Nicholson utilizada en la película, que la foto original se produjo de la Biblioteca BBC Hulton. Sabiendo que Hulton había adquirido Topical Press en 1958 y que Getty más tarde se hizo cargo en 1991, Spark buscó en los extensos archivos de Getty. Descubrieron que la imagen tenía licencia para Hawk Films, la compañía de producción de Kubrick, el 10 de octubre de 1978, para su uso en The Shining .

Spark concluyó: "Joan Smith había dicho que la foto fechada desde 1923. Stanley Kubrick había dicho 1921 y tenía razón. La foto no muestra a ninguna de las celebridades sobre las que había especulado, las hermanas Trix, por ejemplo, ni los banqueros, los financieros o los presidentes de otros como Rob Ageer han imaginado allí. Ningún vador de diablo. "Todas las mejores personas", como dijo el gerente del Hotel Overlook ".

Este descubrimiento seguramente emocionará a los fanáticos de los brillantes . La novela de Stephen King fue lanzada en 1977 y se ha adaptado dos veces: la película icónica de Kubrick y la miniserie de 1997 con precisión de Mick Garris en 1997.

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